I've never seen one in the flesh , but Tassy is a small state. This section of the forum is dead quiet so I was wondering , are there more than a handful of these W types downunder , and are they used - or sitting in collections/museums?
Lovely old cars!

Tazzieman wrote:I've never seen one in the flesh , but Tassy is a small state. This section of the forum is dead quiet so I was wondering , are there more than a handful of these W types downunder , and are they used - or sitting in collections/museums?
Lovely old cars!

There's two W189 300ds in Perth that I know of. Both are undergoing body-off restorations.
There's also a W188 300S in Adelaide that appears at a few of the SA club's events. Pastelgrey can elaborate on this no doubt!

Werner and his Adenauer. Won the show on sunday. Great story. He was an apprentice at Mercedes in Hamburg in 1950! He had the car for a long time,stored for over 20 years and when he retired he restored it with his wife.
He's in his 80's now...lovely gentleman and a deserved win...the car looked ace!

This 170Da is most likely still in a barn at the foot on the NSW Blue Mountains. We tried to buy it, but failed to agree on price. From memory the owners didn't believe me when I said the timber frame was rotten. Said,nah these are German cars, not English

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I have just come across and purchased a RHD Mercedes 170S. The owner tells me it is an original RHD. Any ideas on how many RHD 170S cars were built? Where can I look up the production numbers and engine details whether this vehicle is a matching number car etc. Please help...Thanks.

I have just come across and purchased a RHD Mercedes 170S. The owner tells me it is an original RHD. Any ideas on how many RHD 170S cars were built? Where can I look up the production numbers and engine details whether this vehicle is a matching number car etc. Please help...Thanks.

The reference Southern Star The History of MB in Australia states around 200 cars/year comprising mostly 170 & 180 models between 1952-5.
If you obtain the data card via your MB stealership you will have info re engine , chassis and gearbox numbers. I presume they can access factory records from that period. The card will also tell you if it was originally RHD.

Data cards are available, but may not be very clear. If a right hand drive car, the chassis plate will begin 170s / and the body number will begin with an R. Top left field on the data plate. Unlike later cars, they do not have a 22 or 21 to indicate if right hand drive and auto/manual.

Thanks for the information. Any idea who are the best guys for spares etc. Also will like to know how many 170S are left in Australia at this stage. It would be interesting to find out if possible.
Will post pictures of my car once I get it hopefully by the end of next week.

It depends on the sort of parts you are looking for, The forum sponsor (or his father) may have some, but otherwise Google is your friend - and it helps to know the name of the parts you are looking for in German. How many are left ? Your guess would be as good as anyone's. There are some driving around, but, like mine, there are a lot that are not registered, albeit that they are running and driving. They are certainly not common.

Before putting oil in the CLS, it would be a good idea to clean all the lines and valves. You will probably find they are clogged up. The o-rings in the valves are difficult to find. The Classic Centre do not have them and they send the valves to Germany to be refurbished.

The pump works on the upstroke as welll not downstroke as you would expect.